Mortgages

Somewhere back in the mists of time (well, 10 years ago!), a politician lost the sale of his house as a result of something nasty turning up in a survey that caused his purchaser to pull out of the deal at the last minute.

Abbey has announced some new additions to its mortgage range along with reduced broker-only deals, which are available from today.

UX Mortgages has postponed the launch of its new product range, making it the latest lender to suffer from jitters in global credit markets.

Newcastle Building Society has launched an offset mortgage available exclusively through the packager Praxis it was announced today.

Scottish Widows Bank has expanded its first time buyer range with an offering for key workers as an alternative to the Government's Open Market Homebuy scheme.

UK buy-to-let property has seen some of the best returns for investors in the 21st century, according to buy-to-let broker, Landlord Mortgages.

Hamptons International has today announced the appointment of Jonathan Cornell as managing director of its mortgages division.

Infinity Mortgages has announced today that it has postponed the launch of a new range of mortgage products due to the widening cost of debt in the capital markets.

More than one in five advisers believe that 100% plus LTV mortgages can raise the overall value of a property because they allow buyers to spend extra money on home improvements, according to Alliance & Leicester Mortgages.

Gross mortgage lending has reached a new record for the month of July but falls slightly behind June, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders.